[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4307. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES COMMITTED BY CERTAIN 
                   UNITED STATES PERSONNEL STATIONED IN CANADA.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 
     2016''.
       (b) Amendment.--Chapter 212A of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in the chapter heading, by striking ``TRAFFICKING IN 
     PERSONS''; and
       (2) by adding after section 3272 the following:

     ``Sec. 3273. Offenses committed by certain United States 
       personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border 
       security initiatives

       ``(a) In General.--Whoever, while employed by the 
     Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice 
     and stationed or deployed in Canada pursuant to a treaty, 
     executive agreement, or bilateral memorandum in furtherance 
     of a border security initiative, engages in conduct (or 
     conspires or attempts to engage in conduct) in Canada that 
     would constitute an offense for which a person may be 
     prosecuted in a court of the United States had the conduct 
     been engaged in within the United States or within the 
     special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
     States shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, as provided for 
     that offense.
       ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `employed by 
     the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of 
     Justice' means--
       ``(1) being employed as a civilian employee, a contractor 
     (including a subcontractor at any tier), or an employee of a 
     contractor (or a subcontractor at any tier) of the Department 
     of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice;
       ``(2) being present or residing in Canada in connection 
     with such employment; and
       ``(3) not being a national of or ordinarily resident in 
     Canada.''.
       (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Part II of title 
     18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the table of chapters, by striking the item relating 
     to chapter 212A and inserting the following:

``212A.  Extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain offenses3271'';....

     and
       (2) in the table of sections for chapter 212A, by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 3272 the following:

``3273. Offenses committed by certain United States personnel stationed 
              in Canada in furtherance of border security 
              initiatives.''.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section or the 
     amendments made by this section shall be construed to 
     infringe upon or otherwise affect the exercise of 
     prosecutorial discretion by the Department of Justice in 
     implementing this section and the amendments made by this 
     section.
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